Franziska Liebing (6 February 1899 – 3 January 1993) was a German actress, who worked in theatre, film and television.
Biography
Franziska Liebing was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria in South East Germany. where got her training from Austrian silent film actress Emma Berndl (1877 - 1934).
Liebing started her theatrical career in
Wurzberg in 1921, then worked in
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
, at the "
Münchener Schauspielhaus" and at Konrad Dreher's touring theater.
Between 1928 and 1932 she had an engagement at the "
Landestheater Meiningen", after that she worked at the "
Reichssender" in Munich; later she was a freelancer at various theaters and Berlin guest performance companies. Liebing belonged to the ensemble of the "
Schauspielhaus" in Munich from 1925 to 1930 and appeared on stage at the "
Meiningen Theater" in 1931/32. After a few years without an engagement, she was under contract in Berlin with Gustav Bartelmus, Richard Handwerk and Bernd Königsfeld.
Since the 1950s, she devoted herself extensively to
German film
The film industry in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema made major technical and artistic contributions to early film, broadcasting and television technology. Babelsberg became a household synonym for the early 20 ...
and television, where she often played smart, hands-on, but also curious neighbors and landladies, for example in the series "Funkstreife Isar 12", in "Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger" and in 1979, directed by Kurt Wilhelm, in the film version of Ludwig Thomas' peasant novel "Der Ruepp".
Franziska Liebing died on 3 January 1993, from natural causes, at the age of 93, at a nursing facility in Munich, Bavaria. Her grave is located in the old part of the "Westfriedhof" in Munich (grave 157-W-24).
Selected filmography
* 1956:
Ich suche Dich
''Ich suche Dich'' (''"I Seek You"'' ) is a 1956 German film based on the 1940 play '' Jupiter Laughs'' by A. J. Cronin. It is directed by O. W. Fischer, who also stars in the film, and also features Anouk Aimée, Nadja Tiller, and Otto Brüggem ...
* 1958: ... und nichts als die Wahrheit
* 1959:
Menschen im Netz
* 1961–1963:
Funkstreife Isar 12 (TV)
* 1961:
Jack Mortimer (TV)
* 1962: Axel Munthe – Der Arzt von San Michele
* 1963: Das Kriminalmuseum: Fünf Fotos (TV)
* 1964: Das Kriminalmuseum: Tödliches Schach (TV)
* 1965:
Der Nachtkurier meldet: Schwindel auf Raten (TV)
* 1965: Die Reise nach Steiermark (TV)
* 1966: Das Kriminalmuseum: Das Etikett (TV)
* 1965–1967:
Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
''Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger'' is a German television series.
See also
*List of German television series
External links
*
German crime television series
1960s German police procedural television series
1970s German ...
(TV)
* 1968: (TV)
* 1971: Augenzeugen müssen blind sein (TV)
* 1971:
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' by Roald Dahl. The film ...
* 1973:
Hubertus Castle
* 1973: Tatort: Weißblaue Turnschuhe (TV)
* 1976: Tatort: Wohnheim Westendstraße (TV)
* 1979: Der Ruepp (TV)
External links
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1899 births
1993 deaths
20th-century German actresses